UKIP to face tribunal over Brexit vote data

The United Kingdom Independence Party will face a tribunal after it failed to cooperate with an investigation into the use of analytics during the EU referendum campaign.

UKIP was asked to provide details about its Brexit campaign to the U.K.'s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which in May announced it was launching an investigation into how political parties use data to target voters, particularly on social media.

Parties that target voters through social media had been warned that if they sent political messages to people based on their individual data, they could be breaking the law.

Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, said more than 30 organizations were under scrutiny. While some were cooperating, she said, “others are making it difficult."

Denham said the ICO formally ordered four organizations to disclose information, including UKIP, "who have now appealed ... to the information rights tribunal."

A UKIP spokesman said the party was prepared to cooperate with the ICO but was appealing against the threat of criminal sanctions. “We’re perfectly happy to deal with them, but not under the threat,” he said, the Guardian reported.

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Finn

Is this tied to the Mercer’s (Trump backing American rich boy and his daughter) and Cambridge Analytics?

They have converted military psychological warfare technics to civilian brain-washing ops — that peddle and target folks who will believe anything their FB or Twit-feed proclaims.

In other words; Brexit crowd being taken for a ride?

Posted on 12/13/17 | 6:43 PM CET

Jack Boot

Its just more retaliation from the EU against anyone who speaks against it.

Posted on 12/13/17 | 6:58 PM CET

Finn

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Posted on 12/13/17 | 8:14 PM CET

kermelen

Appealing to the information rights tribunal to conceal information from ICO investigations: only UKIP could have thought of that.

Posted on 12/13/17 | 8:34 PM CET

kermelen

@ Jack Boot

“Its just more retaliation from the EU against anyone who speaks against it.”

I am sorry to find you once again in auto commenting mode.

ICO is U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office. British ICO is investigating 30 British organisations and one of them is appealing to the information rights tribunal to conceal information from investigations.

I just don’t see how this could be EU retaliations: only the UKIP could have said something like you did. Are you connected to them?

Posted on 12/13/17 | 8:42 PM CET

Finn

I do not see EU anywhere in this matter. It is UK’s own authorities launching an investigation to a UK political party seen as possibly breaking election laws.

It is thus explained in this very article we are commenting on.

Have you mistaken HMG and UK’s political system as being the EU? — As that would explain your frustrations with incompetent establishment, hades bent on screwing its people.

Posted on 12/13/17 | 9:01 PM CET

Finn

My apologies for multiple postings.

They come and go……

Posted on 12/13/17 | 9:02 PM CET

Jack Boot

@kermelen
“I just don’t see how this could be EU retaliations: only the UKIP could have said something like you did. Are you connected to them?”

What you fail to see is not my concern.
Am I connected with the ICO? Nope.
Am I connected with UKIP ? Nope.
Am I connected with the EU ? Presently.

What does the ICO office have to say about freedom of information in regard to MEP’s expenses under the EU’s freedom of information act ? NOTHING. Why, because MEPs voted to make themselves exempt from the FOI act ! One law for one, no law for the other !
First Marine Lepenn, then Farage, now UKIP, trying to silence one opposition after the other. Go back to your persistent trolling.